flesh fly

1. 1.

   fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals

   SynonymsSarcophaga carnaria

   Broaderfly

   Part ofSarcophaga

Questions about flesh fly

What does flesh fly mean?

flesh fly means "fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals".

What is another word for flesh fly?

Close synonyms include Sarcophaga carnaria. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flesh fly a common word?

flesh fly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.